A bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer certain coronavirus aid and relief funds to various accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4852 To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer certain coronavirus aid and relief funds to various accounts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OCTOBER 23 (legislative day, OCTOBER 19), 2020 Ms. MCSALLY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs A BILL To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to transfer certain coronavirus aid and relief funds to various ac- counts of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER CERTAIN UNOBLI- 3 GATED BALANCES TO CERTAIN ACCOUNTS 4 OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF- 5 FAIRS. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), of the 7 unobligated balances available to the Department of Vet- 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:46 Oct 30, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4852.IS S4852 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4852 IS erans Affairs from title X of division B of the Coronavirus 1 Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116– 2 136) for ‘‘Veterans Health Administration, Medical Serv- 3 ices’’, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer 4 amounts to the following accounts in the amounts speci- 5 fied: 6 (1) General Operating Expenses, Veterans Ben- 7 efits Administration, up to $198,000,000. 8 (2) Departmental Administration, Information 9 Technology Systems, up to $45,000,000. 10 (b) REQUIREMENTS.— 11 (1) EDUCATION.—Amounts transferred under 12 subsection (a) shall be used to prevent, prepare for, 13 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter- 14 nationally, to improve the education systems of the 15 Veterans Benefits Administration, including— 16 (A) implementation of changes to pro- 17 grams and activities under chapters 30 through 18 36 of title 38, United States Code, that are car- 19 ried out pursuant to the Harry W. Colmery 20 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 21 (Public Law 115–48); 22 (B) carrying out Public Law 116–128; and 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:46 Oct 30, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4852.IS S4852 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 4852 IS (C) carrying out the Student Veteran 1 Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Public Law 2 116–140). 3 (2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS DE- 4 VELOPMENT.—That funds transferred to Depart- 5 mental Administration, Information Technology Sys- 6 tems pursuant to subsection (a) shall be transferred 7 to the information technology systems development 8 subaccount. 9 (3) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts 10 transferred to accounts under subsection (a) shall be 11 in addition to any other amounts made available for 12 the purposes for which amounts have been appro- 13 priated to such accounts. 14 (c) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—That the amounts 15 transferred under subsection (a) that were previously des- 16 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 17 pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 18 Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 19 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 21 Deficit Control Act of 1985 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:46 Oct 30, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4852.IS S4852 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS